Focus

13 June 2022

People profile: From Everest to systems analysis

Options Magazine, Summer 2022: Before joining IIASA in 1980, Michael Thompson was a Himalayan mountaineer. Navigating risk in the mountains has influenced his research on risk theory, and environment and development in Nepal.
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Mountains carved just above Jay Prithvi Highway in Bajhang district of Sudurpaschim province to build a road

02 February 2021

Roads, landslides, and rethinking development

Prakash Khadka and Wei Liu explain how unbridled, unplanned infrastructure expansion in Nepal is increasing the risk of landslides.

Projects

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Air Quality Management in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Himalayan Foothills (GAINS-IGP-HF)

Senior couple with nordic walking poles hiking in snow-covered winter nature.

The Demography of Sustainable Human Wellbeing (EmpoweredLifeYears)